Xiao Xiu
Xiao Xiu (Chinese: 蕭秀; pinyin: Xiāo Xiù), formally Prince Kang of Ancheng (Chinese: 安成康王; pinyin: Ānchéng Kāng Wáng (475–518),[1] was a younger half-brother of Xiao Yan (Emperor Wu), the founder of the Liang dynasty of China. According to the Book of Liang, he was the 7th son of Xiao Yan's father Xiao Shunzhi.[1]
Xiao Xiu is said to have been a disciple of the
Buddhist monk Daodu (道度, 462–527).[1]
Xiao Xiu's Mausoleum
Xiao Xiu is better remembered not for what he did while alive, but for his tomb, whose
assortment of animal sculptures is the most complete set of such statuary surviving from that period.[2][3]
Xiao Xiu's tomb is located in the Ganjia Lane (
Qixia District north-east of Nanjing (32°08′38″N 118°55′02″E / 32.14389°N 118.91722°E
).
It is thought that the sculptural ensemble of the tomb included a pair of winged lion-like animals (stone tortoises, and a pair of fluted columns.[4] Visited and photographed by Victor Segalen in 1917, the ensemble of the Tomb of Xiao Xiu (with his name better known under its French transcription, Siao Sieou)[5] soon became well known to Europe's and the world's students of ancient Chinese sculpture. Presently, the site is on the grounds of Gan Jia Xiang Elementary School.[3]
Notes
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- ^ ISBN 978-0-8248-2992-6
- ISBN 0-300-10065-5. Pp. 163–165; photo in Fig. 2.63
- ^ a b Mausoleum Stone Carvings of Southern Dynasties in Nanjing Archived July 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Albert E. Dien, «Six Dynasties Civilization». Yale University Press, 2007
ISBN 0-300-07404-2. Partial texton Google Books. P. 190. A reconstruction of the original form of the ensemble is shown in Fig. 5.19.
- ^ Victor Segalen, Chine. La grande statuaire, and Les origines de la statuaire en Chine (in French)
External links
- 梁安成康王萧秀墓石刻 (Sculptures at the Tomb of Xiao Xiu) (in Chinese) (Xiao Xiu's brief biography; description and modern photos of his tomb statuary ensemble)
32°08′38″N 118°55′02″E / 32.14389°N 118.91722°E
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